Tier Two

Posted on October 23, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Life, Meeting, Orme Art group, Painting, Sad, Saturday, Tier one, Tier TwoLeave a comment

I was really looking forward to going back to our Orme Art Group, which is meeting for the first time in months. I was only going for the afternoon, but I was going to start doing something new. Then government decided to impose Tier two restrictions in our area. Most of the group will still be in Tier One but not me. Oh well, I have to admit I was a bit nervous of seeing people inside for the first time in months (and yet I’m happy to go shopping). Its strange how this pandemic can affect your confidence.

Maybe one day things can get back to normal, I can see my friends again. I can paint with them, spark new ideas, have fun. Do workshops learning new techniques.

Fingers crossed

Old paintings

Posted on October 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Blogging, Life, Memories, Painting, Pictures, Portraits, Stone, WaterLeave a comment

A couple of small paintings I did about three years ago, acrylics on canvas, sorry the colours are off. I liked trying to get the perspective on the window, and the splash of the fountain and the ripples in the water.

Sun and moon

Posted on October 6, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Fun, Layout app, Painting, Photodirector, StyleLeave a comment

I’ve copied a photo of a sun and moon painting, then duplicated them and because they were a bit fuzzy I added a stylized filter to them. I can imagine these as tiles in a courtyard or something like that. As usual I was playing with pattern. These were painted in 2014 and I gave these as gifts to my friends daughter when she went away to college. I’m thinking of doing a whole series of astrological style images to see what I come up with for fun. X

Winter man painting

Posted on October 6, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Green man, Ideas, Life, Memories, Painting, Sold, Woman artist2 Comments

2014 acrylic on canvas. I’d painted tree spirits previously and was trying to create something with the branches. My friend, who is a sculptor bought it off me because she said she might use the design to create something in three dimensions. I might do some more paintings like this to go with my Green man pictures. Plus I want to include autumn colours. X

Jupiter reflection

Posted on October 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Craft shop, Design, Great Red spot, Jupiter, Looks knitted, Painting, Reflection, WindowLeave a comment

A painting of Jupiter I did about seven years ago. My friend had a craft centre and this was for sale at her shop. It went to a good home. I always thought the pattern I painted looked a bit like knitting!

His came up on my Facebook memories. I have done so many paintings that I often forget what I have done! This was a large acrylic on canvas. I like the way it appears to be floating in the window. X

Leo

Posted on September 26, 2020 Posted in Cat, Fine ArtTagged Acrylic on canvas, Africa, Art, Big cat, Impressions, Leo, Lion, Lions group, Painting, Portrait4 Comments

This was a painting I did for the local Lions group in 2019. I paint cats, but not big cats, so it was something a bit different. I’ve seen art where people paint each individual hair on an animal but I am more impressionistic and try and get feeling into my paintings, to give them character. This is another acrylic on canvas. I’m glad he went to a good home.

By the way did you know that occasionally female lions grow mains too? Interesting fact.

Triple portrait

Posted on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Blurry photo, Breakfast, Commission, Picture, Portrait, Three portraitsLeave a comment

Triple portrait. I painted this more than twenty years ago. It was from a photo and the workwas a commission. Unfortunately I only have this blurry photo. I think I have a better one somewhere. The painting was called breakfast. Acrylic on canvas.

Possible exhibition

Posted on September 19, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Excited, Fine Art, Illustration, Limited time, llife, New art, New paintings, Painting2 Comments

I might be having an exhibition in October. There is a slot free at a gallery where I have exhibited before. What I need to do is produce some new works. It might be based on my Urban sketches, or something totally new and colourful. I will have to be careful though as I start my next semester on my college course on Monday, so I will have to try and fit everything in to a limited timescale. Got to have a discussion.

Dappled light

Posted on September 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged aart, Acers, Acrylic on canvas, Arboretum, Gardening, Jodrell bank, Radio telescope, Trees2 Comments

Under acer trees at Jodrell Bank radio telescope observatory a couple of years ago. The place now has an arboretum with many species of trees, and various features including the solar system laid out at distances and sizes in scale to it.

There are new attractions there if you haven’t been there for a few years and if you have been it’s still worth a visit. (You may have to book at the moment).

The radio telescopecitselfvis a massive structure supporting a huge dish. The supports it tips up on come from a ship. It is very impressive.

Giraffes

Posted on September 13, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Africa, Art, Colour, Fun, Giraffe, Life, Memories, Miniatures, PaintingLeave a comment

I found these on my phone, small, colourful paintings in acrylic an tiny canvases. I think these were done a couple of years ago. I paint so many different things. I remember a lady from South Africa really liking these and getting one of them for her mother.

Today I get my results for my First term doing an MA. I hope I’ve done OK. You have to paint a lot of giraffes to get enough money to live on. So I’m trying to diversify! If I can get some illustration work that would be helpful. So fingers crossed and a deep breath. I will try and stay calm. X

Mallaband-Brown

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